Re: [O] Question about org-mode compilation

[Robert Goldman]

On 9/11/11 Sep 11 -12:52 AM, David Maus wrote:
> At Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:08:45 -0500,
> Robert Goldman wrote:
>>
>> Today I was trying to push to mobile org after an update from git, and
>> got an invalid function error on org-eval-in-environment.
>>
>> This macro is defined in org-macs.el and is used in org-agenda.el.
>>
>> I note that the makefile has org-agenda depending on org.el, but /not/
>> on org-macs.el.
>>
>> Is that an error?
>>
>> Adding that dependency, then making clean and making all fixes things.
>> But I may not have properly cleaned before my last build, so I'm not sure.
> 
> Hi Robert,
> 
> I checked and don't think the missing dependency in Makefile was cause
> of the problem. When org-agenda.el is compiled it requires org.el
> which in turn requires org-macs.el -- thus the macro definition is
> loaded. Otherwise the compiler would stop.
> 
> An invalid function error with a macro is according to my experience
> an indicator of mixing up of old and new files. Thus, the make clean
> was the action that fixed the issue.
> 
> I byte compiled Org and ran a batch-agenda (which uses
> org-eval-in-environment) with no error.

Thanks, I noticed that org.el dependency, but I wasn't sure how
transitive these dependencies were.

I will try to remember to always make clean!

best,
R